Rangers Get the Point they played For as Anti-Football Comes to Paradise

Last updated : 15 February 2009 By Clydebuilt
If I were a Rangers fan I would be livid, nay raging (well more raging than normal) to see my team turn up in a derby match and play for a point. Smith's negative 4-1-4-1 formation ensured that little football was played this afternoon at Celtic Park.

With Kyle Lafferty (unfortunate surname for such a poor footballer - only Rafael Scheidt was worse) deployed as a lone 'striker' and Lee "Elbows and knees" McCulloch playing as a holding midfielder it was quite obvious that Rangers had come to Parkhead to set up their stall, and that they did!

If I were Walter Smith I would be asking Trading Standards to investigate Kyle Lafferty as surely those five stars tattooed on the back of his neck are contrary to some legislation. Imagine being a worse striker than Kenny Miller?

Celtic had little to cheer either in an afternoon that saw Scott McDonald miss the easiest of chances as Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink barged about the park looking for trouble. Has the big Dutchman not learned his lesson from the last visit of Scotland's Shame?

It was also hard for the home fans to see that Celtic manager Gordon Strachan had decided to revert to type and attempt to counter the cloggers of Ibrox with a more robust formation but at least we looked to win the game by utilising two strikers and making positive substitutions when we brought on McGeady and Samaras.

Much was made of the appearance of young John Fleck, who bears an uncanny resemblance to his 'uncle' Robert. I would be asking for DNA tests if I were his father. It was really funny to listen to the build up to the match on Radio Snide and here DJ and Hugh Flanders both say that Celtic had decided to start Willo Flood to combat the threat of young Fleck. Yes you read that correctly, no ringing of bells, just straight faced bullshit from our least favourite pundits

Has it really been 11 years since Dick Advocaat's Rangers team recorded the last scoreless draw with Dr Jo's Celtic at Ibrox? It is amazing to think that was the last time a goalless draw was the result of this famous fixture.

The Rangers fans however seemed to think it was 1998 such was the choir of hatred that we were again 'treated' to at the Theatre of Dreams. It was lovely to hear the strains of "Die a fenian Bastard" when Scott Brown was lying prone on the ground after Allan McGregor tried to hump him.

Yours in Celtic

Clydebuilt